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Enrique M. Saldarriaga
Health Economist. PhD student & Research Assistant, The CHOICE Institute
Education
University of Washington
PhD student Health Economics
Seattle, WA
2022 (expected)
Dissertation: The value of reducing uncertainty of HIV-prevalence estimates at the zip code level
University Cayetano Heredia
MS Epidemiology
Lima, Peru
2015
Thesis: Income-Elasticity of Body Mass Index across categories of wealth
University of the Pacific
BS Economics
Lima, Peru
2011
Thesis: Cost-benefit analysis of enhancing the primary care in Peru
Research Experience
Research Assistant
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
September 2017 – present
Conducted supervised independent research in economic evaluation of competing alternatives for healthcare, mathematical modeling of cervical cancer and HIV, preferences elicitation, econometric modeling, spatial analysis and disease mapping of infectious diseases.
Unit Chief, Vice Ministry of Healthcare and Insurance
Ministry of Health
Lima, Peru
April – August 2017
Lead the creation of an intelligence unit to help monitoring general performance, achievements, and deficiencies of all healthcare facilities under the purview of the Ministry.
Researcher
School of Public Health, University Cayetano Heredia
Lima, Peru
July 2014 – March 2017
Conducted economic evaluations of new technologies for screening and treatment of sexually transmitted disease and public policy analysis of the healthcare system.